The science of information security. A method of making information secure, also known as the art of writing and/or solving codes.

The encoding and decoding of secret messages. Cryptography in genetics: The term "cryptography" can be applied to human DNA since the message of life is encoded in DNA. And for eons even the existence of DNA was unknown and the information therein an unfathomed mystery. The decoding of DNA in the human genome project is essentially an exe [..]

Relationships Narrower Term:  public key cryptography Related Term:  ciphertext code dual-key encryption encryption plaintext symmetric-key encryption (also cryptology), n. ~ The process of making inf [..]

Discipline of mathematics and computer science concerned with information security, particularly encryption and authentication. In applications and network security, it is a tool for access control, i [..]

The art of designing, analyzing and attacking cryptographic schemes.

The application of mathematical theory to develop techniques and algorithms that can be applied to data to ensure goals such as confidentiality, data integrity and/or authentication.

1650s, from French cryptographie or directly from Modern Latin cryptographia, from Greek kryptos "hidden" (see crypt) + -graphy. Related: Cryptograph; cryptographer.

The science or practice of hiding information, usually through its transformation. Common cryptographic functions include: encryption, decryption, digital signature and non-repudiation. Reference(s) i [..]

[The] art or science concerning the principles, means, and methods for rendering plain information unintelligible, and for restoring encrypted information to intelligible form. [INFOSEC-99] 2. The branch of cryptology that treats of the principles, means, and methods of designing and using cryptosystems. 3. The discipline which embodies principles, [..]

Dictionary of Internet Terms The study and practice of keeping data secure.Two common applications of cryptography are privacy.preventing unauthorized viewing of data and authentication;proving one’s identity to access data or as the source of a message.

Cryptography, or cryptology, is the science that studies how to encode and transmit messages securely. Cryptography designs and studies algorithms used to encode and decode messages in an insecure env [..]

Writing in cipher, usually for the purpose of concealment. Also refers to the study and decoding of such writing. In computing, the conversion of data into a code that can be deciphered only by those [..]

The study of decryption and encryption technologies.

Term refers to data security.

  Common expression to refer to cryptographic equipment (cipher machines) and/or the process of encrypting and decrypting information. (Wikipedia)

The art or science of keeping messages secret or secure, or both.

Branch of mathematical relating to codes and codebreaking. Cryptographic codes lie behind the security of computer systems like VPN

The art of protecting information by transforming it from plain text into an unreadable format. Only those who posses a secret "key" can decipher the message. Cryptographic methods are used [..]

The process of securing private information that is passed through public networks by mathematically scrambling (encrypting) it in a way that makes it unreadable to anyone except the person or persons [..]

Techniques for foiling those who would intercept to read or alter your mail. Also techniques to prevent people from forging mail from you. These are particularly important in net money transfers. Also [..]

Encryption of data for safe transmission over a network. Data is encoded using mathematical algorithms, then sent over the Internet and deciphered by the receiving user. There are various levels of cr [..]

the science of secret codes; encryption

The art and science of encoding and decoding messages using mathematical algorithms that utilize a secret key. The concept has broadened to include managing messages that have some combination of: pri [..]

(n) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms(n) act of writing in code or cipher

This represents a set of mathematical techniques to encode information so as to make it unreadable by anyone who does not have the correct key

The study of mechanisms and techniques to protect the Confidentiality and Integrity of information traversing untrusted or open communication channels, by hiding, scrambling or encoding it by some means, with the aim being to ensure only authorised recipients are able to understand the original message, and/or are able to positively confirm that th [..]

  The subject of cryptography is primarily concerned with maintaining the privacy of communications, and modern methods use a number of techniques to achieve this. Encryption is the transformation of data into another usually unrecognisable form. The only means to read the data is to de-crypt the data using a (secret) key, in the form of a secret c [..]

Cryptography is the discipline and techniques used to encode and decode messages, in order to protect their security.

A means of making information inaccessible to those without the authority to read it.  Cryptography may be used to make information secret (confidential) or to identify the creator of information, or [..]

The science of providing secrecy, integrity, and non-repudiation for data.

Definition: Cryptography is the science of turning readable text into a scrambled and unreadable format. The term is typically used interchangeably with encryption. Information security is improved wh [..]

The subject of cryptography is primarily concerned with maintaining the privacy of communications and modern methods use a number of techniques to achieve this. Encryption is the transformation of dat [..]

Cryptography involves creating written or generated codes that allows information to be kept secret. Cryptography converts data into a format that is unreadable for an unauthorized user, allowing it t [..]

The process of protecting information by transforming it into an unreadable format. The information is encrypted using a "key" that makes the data unreadable. It is later decrypted, making t [..]

Discipline of mathematics and computer science concerned with information security, particularly encryption and authentication. In applications and network security, it is a tool for access control, information confidentiality, and integrity. In short, principals of cryptography is used to make sensitive data unreadable.